Argentina, San Juan: Weather conditions impact processing tomato season

Published 2023년 2월 15일

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Argentine agricultural sector is facing challenges due to extreme weather conditions, particularly affecting processing tomatoes with up to 25% loss in some regions. Despite these losses, demand remains high and some operators have resumed activities, with increases in 'free' price per kilo for tomatoes for factory deliveries. A heatwave and hail storm have impacted yields, although late varieties are expected to recover productivity. The San Juan region, a top performer in yields per hectare, has seen a 8% increase in surface areas dedicated to processing tomatoes, despite an expected 2% decrease in quantities processed. The industry, which is currently unable to meet domestic demand, is supported by technology like drip irrigation, advancements in crop mechanization, and advice from the Tomate 2000 Association. The entire Argentinean tomato production occupies about 17,000 hectares, with a harvested volume of about 1 million tonnes, and is the second most important horticultural crop after potatoes.

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In recent weeks, weather conditions have affected the Argentine agricultural sector. Processing tomatoes, which are the country's most important processed vegetable crop, have suffered losses of up to 20 or 25% on early varieties, depending on the region. However, the season has brought good news for the processing tomato sector, especially for the agricultural areas of the Central San Juan Valley, with the persistence of a significant demand for the product. For this reason, according to the local press, some operators who had not been active for years have resumed their activities, in San Juan, Mendoza and even La Rioja, to the point that some new processing plants have opened. The difficult weather conditions could lead to an increase in the "free" price per kilo of tomatoes intended for factories, when deliveries are made without prior agreement with the companies. For other deliveries, the value written in the contracts, fixed in advance, is about USD 125 per metric ...

Source: Tomatonews